Michael Gove a ‘fanatic’ who would damage peace process

Brexit campaigner said Belfast Agreement was a ‘rigged referendum’ and ‘mortal stain’

Michael Gove: wrote a pamphlet in 2000 called ‘Northern Ireland: the Price of Peace’ in which he compared the Belfast Agreement to the appeasement of the Nazis in the 1930s and the condoning of the desires of paedophiles. Photograph: Jeff Overs/EPA

Michael Gove: wrote a pamphlet in 2000 called ‘Northern Ireland: the Price of Peace’ in which he compared the Belfast Agreement to the appeasement of the Nazis in the 1930s and the condoning of the desires of paedophiles. Photograph: Jeff Overs/EPA

Michael Gove is a “fanatic” who would be “dangerous” for the Northern Irish peace process and North-South relations if he won the Conservative Party leadership election, senior figures involved in the design and implementation of the Belfast Agreement have warned.

Mr Gove, a former journalist, wrote a pamphlet in 2000 called Northern Ireland: the Price of Peace in which he compared the agreement to the appeasement of the Nazis in the 1930s and the condoning of the desires of paedophiles.

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